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By DINA CAPPIELLO
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – Parts of the Endangered Species Act may soon be extinct.

The Bush administration wants federal agencies to decide for themselves whether highways, dams, mines and other construction projects might harm endangered animals and plants. New regulations, which don't require the approval of Congress, would reduce the mandatory, independent reviews government scientists have been performing for 35 years, according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press.

When you think Bush and Cheney cannot go any lower, the go lower

Bush denies info request in EPA case

Setting up a constitutional showdown, the White House on Friday asserted executive privilege in denying a congressional request for thousands...

By Rob Hotakainen

McClatchy Newspapers

There comes a time in the affairs of a man when he has to take the bull by the tail and face the situation
WC Fields

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/fightthesmearshome/

Smear:
Michelle Obama Says “Whitey” On a Tape

LIE: Rush Limbaugh says a tape exists of Michelle Obama using the word “whitey” from the pulpit of Trinity United

LIE: Blogger Larry Johnson writes “New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I'll post the news Monday morning by 0900 hours.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-c...

This is in the Daily Mail from London. I have my doubts about how much coverage it will get int the American press

The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind

By Sharon Churcher
Last updated at 1:45 AM on 08th June 2008

Now that Hillary Clinton has at last formally withdrawn from the race for the White House, the eyes of America and the world will focus on Barack Obama and his Republican rival Senator John McCain.

Hillary Is McCain's Dream Candidate, Not Obama's

By Guy T. Saperstein, AlterNet. Posted May 10, 2008.

Before the talk of a Obama/Hillary "dream ticket" goes too far, are we talking about the the Republicans' dream, or everyone else's?

The Low Road to Victory : From the same editorial board that endorsed Senator Clinton three months ago

Hillary Clinton paves the way to undermine our probable Democratic nominee and hit the low blows that even Republicans are reluctant to strike

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/opinion/23wed1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Editorial
The Low Road to Victory

Published: April 23, 2008

A new thread, feel free to add to it

United for Change 2008

THE FIFTH COLUMNIST by P.M. Carpenter

As part of their kitchen-sink effort to set new lows for political indecency, the Clintons have now managed to transform the wholly unexceptional -- a run-of-the-mill political endorsement -- into a national spectacle.

Brothers and Sisters Get On Board

Al Gore

Dear Wayne and Friends

In Bali, Indonesia thousands of delegates from nearly 190 countries have gathered at the UN Conference on Climate Change. In nine days, I will address the conference to urge the adoption of a visionary new treaty to address global warming and I want to bring your voices with me.

Click here to sign my petition today and I will bring your signatures on stage with me as a clear demonstration of our resolve:

http://climateprotect.org/standwithal

Gore Derangement Syndrome
By Paul Krugman
The New York Times

Monday 15 October 2007

On the day after Al Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize, The Wall Street Journal's editors couldn't even bring themselves to mention Mr. Gore's name. Instead, they devoted their editorial to a long list of people they thought deserved the prize more.

People Of Earth, The Tipping Point Is Upon Us

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Worldwide economic growth has accelerated the level of greenhouse gas emissions to a dangerous threshold scientists had not expected for another decade, according to a leading Australian climate change expert.

Tim Flannery told Australian Broadcasting Corp. that an upcoming report by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will contain new data showing that the level of climate-changing gases in the atmosphere has already reached critical levels.